Direct Booking Marketplace
The price you see is the price you pay.
Because when hosts keep 100%, no one needs to pad fees to make it work.
Transparent platform fees, paid by the guest. 0% host commission — you keep your full nightly rate.
Featured Stays
Featured stays in Calgary
Properties listed with direct host communication and transparent booking terms.
For hosts
Your direct booking site. In your guests' pocket.
Turn your host profile into a shareable direct-booking page with BowTel Links. Share it anywhere — Instagram bio, business cards, WhatsApp. Guests book direct. You keep the relationship.
See the difference
What transparent pricing looks like
Same property, same dates. One platform hides fees until checkout. BowTel shows everything upfront.
Typical platform
What guests usually see
On BowTel
What we do differently
Why book on BowTel
Transparent, direct, trusted
No hidden fees
Small service and payment processing fee. Nothing else. Every amount shown before you book.
Verified hosts
Every host connects a verified payment account through Stripe and agrees to our host terms before their listing goes live.
No fine print
Cancellation policies, fees, and house rules are shown in full before you book. Nothing hidden at checkout.
Direct connection
Chat with your host through our built-in messaging system. No middlemen, no automated responses.
Our story
Why we started in Calgary
BowTel started with one host, four listings, and a conviction that direct booking should be simple. That host was our founder, Uvaraj — a Calgary-based property owner who built the platform because he needed it himself. What began as a personal solution became something he couldn't keep to himself.
The short-term rental industry gave hosts and guests something genuinely valuable — a way to connect that didn't exist before. But somewhere along the way, the platforms moved from facilitating that connection to sitting in the middle of it. BowTel is built to step back out of the way. Hosts and guests connect directly. Fees are transparent on both sides. Nobody pays for what they can't see.
Our model is deliberately transparent. Hosts list for free and keep every dollar of their nightly rate. Guests pay a small, fixed service fee — shown in full before they confirm. No hidden charges, no percentage commissions, no surprises.
We're proud to be building something that makes people feel good about where they stay and who they rent from. Calgary first — and we're just getting started.
Ready to book your next stay?
Browse verified properties with full price transparency — every fee shown upfront, no checkout surprises.